2013 is the Year of the へびhebi [snake]. We made a title page showing a New Year postcard with a hebi. We made curly wurly hebi to take home.
Okinawa 'hebi' are amazing! These woven snakes from the southern tropical island of Okinawa grip on to your finger & don't let go!
In Japan on February 3 we celebrate 節分Setsubun. We chased away an おに oni, throwing rice and shouting: おにはそと、ふくはうち！ Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi! Bad luck go away, good luck come and stay! * Then we ate まめ mame, as many as our age, for Good Luck for the whole year. Mame are roasted soya beans - very crunchy. We thought they taste like popcorn.
*No sensei were harmed in the rice-throwing activity. Well, only a bit…
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We made a title page showing a New Year postcard with a hebi.
We made curly wurly hebi to take home.
we celebrate 節分Setsubun.
We chased away an おに oni,
throwing rice and shouting:
おにはそと、ふくはうち！
Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi!
Bad luck go away,
good luck come and stay! *
Then we ate まめ mame, as many
as our age, for Good Luck for
the whole year.
Mame are roasted soya beans -
very crunchy.
We thought they taste like popcorn.